Emphasizing a team approach that includes the practicing podiatrist, endocrinologist, diabetologist, vascular surgeon, orthopedist, and infectious disease specialist, The High Risk Diabetic Foot provides a thorough and detailed resource on the management of complex diabetic foot problems. This comprehensive text is an essential tool that will enable physicians to reduce infections and amputations through careful examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Key features in The High Risk Diabetic Foot include:
A full section devoted to the prevention of amputation
High-quality images for accurate diagnosis
Chapters organized by epidemiology, classification and staging, diagnosis, special studies, and medical and surgical management
Summary tables and flow charts for quick reference
A discussion of the co-morbidities associated with diabetic foot pathology, including sensory neuropathy, painful neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, food wounds, and more
Identification of the level of medical evidence associated with treatment recommendations
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Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Professional and Professional Reference
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60 s/w Abbildungen, 10 farbige Abbildungen
10 Illustrations, color; 60 Illustrations, black and white
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Höhe: 231 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-4200-8301-9 (9781420083019)
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Lawrence A. Lavery, Edgar J G. Peters, Ruth Bush
Herausgeber*in
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX, USA
Department of Orthopedics, University of Texas Health Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
Texas A&M Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
Peripheral arterial disease. Clinical and vascular laboratory assessment of peripheral vascular disease. Endovascular treatment of infrainguinal arterial disease. Open arterial reconstruction of the diabetic foot. Diabetic neuropathy and the lower extremity. Painful diabetic neuropathy. Advanced therapies to treat diabetic foot ulcers. The infected diabetic foot. Offloading the diabetic foot. Surgical approach to the diabetic foot ulcer. Charcot arthropathy. Amputation. Preventing foot complications. Impact of specialized foot clinics.